QuoteReplyTopic: X-FILES: I WANNA BE LEAVING... Posted: July 24 2008 at 4:50am

POOR 20th CENTURY-FOX -- TWO WEEKS AFTER THEY CRASHED-and-BURNED with 2008's BIGGEST B.O. BUST, MEET DAVE...and ONE WEEK AFTER the DECIDEDLY EARTH-BOUND SPACE CHIMPS MADE 'EM LOOK LIKE CHUMPS... THEY ALSO RELEASED the MOST UN-NECESSARY, UN-ANTICIPATED SEQUEL of the YEAR: X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE...

NEVER HAVING BEEN FANS of the SERIES (BUT HAVING BEEN to the ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO "UFO MUSEUM") WE WERE CURIOUS HOW THIS ONE MIGHT TURN OUT. WORD-of-MOUTH, BOX OFFICE and the CRIX OVER at R.T. ALL SUGGEST NO ONE OVER at AREA 57 HAS ANYTHING to WORRY ABOUT...

I hate to say it, but X-Files has definitely worn out its welcome, and should have just been left it alone. A follow up was not necessary, and it's painful to see the franchise dragged through the dirt. The only saving grace at Fox, is that of all the crap they've released this summer, this may be one of the their lesser financial disasters (since it only cost around $35 million to make).

The "Networking IT" Movie Buff!

Words to live by:"Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million." - Arnold Schwarzenegger

$35 million? They may actually break even after worldwide box office and DVD sales and rentals.

Too bad it apparently isn't a good movie.

I haven't watched the series that often, either, but from what I've gathered from those who did, each episode would either help explain a bit more about the aliens or would be a standalone episode, called a "freak show" by one fan because there would usually be one character with abnormal abilities. The first movie was definitely about the aliens. This one appears to be a standalone.

And I'm afraid we won't need Scully and Mulder to figure out why the theatres are so empty. . . .

The movie trailers, when they appeared in the theaters, did surprise me. However, for fans of the show I think a second movie was warranted, because the first was a huge disappointment. It wasn't a bad movie, just a total rehash of the TV series.

I'm sure there's worse movies out there, and seeing it here is a bit painful . The X-Files worked extremely well as a dramatic series, but I always knew the translation to movies would likely not work at all. Not when you go to the movies and see aliens left and right, monsters popping out of the woodwork . . . and that's just in the audience!

The show stopped being any good around the time the first film came out. Despite the story never being appropriately concluded, this still isn't a worthy endeavor. It's too far gone for compelling drama to be evoked from material that has been as ravaged as The X-Files.

The franchise is creatively dead and it should be put out of its misery because of that. It's gone from being a serious attempt at being an engaging science fiction tale to, as has already been pointed out, an effort to squeeze as much money as possible out of a property.

This movie opened with a very disappointing $10 million, while "Dark Knight" (the only movie that matters right now), flapped its way to $314 million. The only thing that can stop it is really, really (really) HARDCORE Star Wars Fans, who are willing to sit thru that crappy-looking "Clone Wars" movie.

But ever since that "prettyboy" ruined Vader's image by making him a whining emo punk, that franchise is as dead to me as is "X-Files"!

"Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie ... but, no, no. John Hughes did not direct my life." ("Easy A", 2010)

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Then you should be pleased to know that the "prettyboy" was nominated for a total of 3 RAZZIES®, and "won" a Worst Supporting Actor trophy for his portrayal of "Darth Whiner."

And he may well be back in our Worst Actor category this year for JUMPER -- Although the competition in that category (including Stallone in RAMBO, Al Pacino in 88 MINUTES, Mike Myers in LOVE GURU, Eddie Murphy in MEET DAVE, etc.) is already pretty stiff this year...

I saw The Dark Knight this week. Last week was all sold out and this week too but I got the last showing for IMAX on the day I saw it and it was amazing....BUT, I still liked Wall-E better. TDK is #2 best movie of this year. Wall-E is #1.

Yes, I knew Christensen was a Razzie "winner" -- and he deserved it so badly! As much as I would like him to "win" again for ruining "Jumper" (along with the crappy script), I have a strong feeling it will come down to Myers vs. Murphy.

Originally posted by HeadRAZZBerry

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Then you should be pleased to know that the "prettyboy" was nominated for a total of 3 RAZZIES®, and "won" a Worst Supporting Actor trophy for his portrayal of "Darth Whiner."

And he may well be back in our Worst Actor category this year for JUMPER -- Although the competition in that category (including Stallone in RAMBO, Al Pacino in 88 MINUTES, Mike Myers in LOVE GURU, Eddie Murphy in MEET DAVE, etc.) is already pretty stiff this year...

"Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie ... but, no, no. John Hughes did not direct my life." ("Easy A", 2010)

It was alright -- Hardly the worst movie I've seen this summer, and certainly not as stomach-churning as Will Ferrell's latest output of cinematic fecal matter. I think it just wasn't what people were expecting for a summer movie.

But I do find it bewildering that a TV show about aliens produces a sequel about religion, and a movie trilogy about religion (Indiana Jones) produces a sequel about aliens...and they both come out in the same year. Bizarro world!

And Anderson is convinced that her movie - based on the hit TV show - is suffering because so many people are flocking to see the Batman sequel instead: "It's (The X-Files film) had a bit of a rough time in the States. It's opening against one of the highest grossing movies, Batman. People in the States are so used to lots of CGI (computer-generated imagery), action and sex -- and we don't really offer a lot of that in this film."

Clearly she hasn't seen the movie. Because if she did, she would know "Dark Knight" doesn't have excessive CGI -- or sex either. Just a great script, and excellent acting to back it up.

"Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie ... but, no, no. John Hughes did not direct my life." ("Easy A", 2010)

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Then you should be pleased to know that the "prettyboy" was nominated for a total of 3 RAZZIES®, and "won" a Worst Supporting Actor trophy for his portrayal of "Darth Whiner."

And he may well be back in our Worst Actor category this year for JUMPER -- Although the competition in that category (including Stallone in RAMBO, Al Pacino in 88 MINUTES, Mike Myers in LOVE GURU, Eddie Murphy in MEET DAVE, etc.) is already pretty stiff this year...

Please don't forget Ed Burns. He has awful in "One Missed Call" and "27 Dresses". Stallone's performance in "Rambo" was, essentialy, the same one he gave in "First Blood". Seeing how a lot of people liked that one and the fact that Sly's already been Razzied to death should disquelifle him. Hayden wasn't to bad in "Jumper", Ed was way worse. I haven't seen any of the other movies that were mentioned.

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